Professional hood cleaning Calgary with exhaust hood cleaning and kitchen compliance certification. NFPA 96 certified, full system cleaning to bare metal. Same-day service available.
Your kitchen hood collects the heaviest grease right where heat is concentrated. That visible buildup on the filter rack and hood interior? It's a fraction of what's coating the inside of your ducts and fan housing.
We clean commercial hoods to bare metal — the way NFPA 96 requires it. Not surface wiping. Not making it look clean. We remove grease deposits from every interior surface: plenum chamber, filter rack, grease traps, all accessible zones. Then we document it with before-and-after photos so you have proof the job was done right.
Most operators think hood cleaning means filters and the visible interior. Compliance means more than that.
The plenum above your filter rack collects aerosolized grease that passes through the mesh. We access it, scrape it, and clean it to bare metal — even the corners most crews skip.
Grease channels catch drippings. When they overflow, grease runs onto the cookline or into the duct. We clear them completely and check the drain path.
Where the hood connects to the duct is where grease condenses as air slows down. This joint gets the heaviest accumulation and is often missed. We clean it every time.
If we can reach a horizontal run or elbow through the hood opening, we clean it. Most duct cleaning happens from the roof, but we handle what we can access from below.
Most companies mark a duct section “inaccessible” on the service report and move on — a missing or blocked access panel, ductwork that can't be reached from inside the kitchen — without ever explaining to the customer what was skipped or why.
We try specialized tools built for the job first. If a section still can't be reached after that, we tell you directly what we could not reach and why, and work with you on fixing the access problem — whether that means installing a panel or finding another way in. Every job includes photo documentation of what was reached and what wasn't, so “inaccessible” is never just a box on a report.
Iqbal Maan — Owner & Operator
Iqbal leads every hood cleaning job. When a duct section can't be reached, he's the one who explains why — what was reached, what wasn't, and what it would take to fix the access problem, not a line on a report. That habit runs through NFPA 96 certified cleanings across 61 Calgary kitchens.
That's one kind of access problem. There's a different one: a panel that could have been opened, and simply wasn't. On a Calgary restaurant job, we opened an access panel the customer's previous cleaning company had evidently never touched. What was behind it wasn't soft buildup — it was hard, carbonized lumps of grease, the kind that only forms when a section sits undisturbed across multiple service cycles, not one missed visit.
We cleaned it and showed the customer what had been sitting behind that panel the whole time. They were angry — they'd been paying for a complete service and felt they hadn't gotten one.
A posted certificate looks the same whether every panel was opened or not. It's why every job we do includes photo documentation of what was actually reached, not just what's claimed on a report.
Iqbal Maan — Owner & Operator
Iqbal was the one who opened that panel and showed the customer what had been sitting behind it.
If you're running a South Asian or Chinese kitchen in Calgary — especially the NE corridor along 32nd Avenue or 36th Street — you already know peanut oil and high-heat wok cooking build grease faster than anything else.
NFPA 96 classifies wok cooking as “high-volume charbroiling.” That puts you on a quarterly cleaning schedule — every three months. Not twice a year. Grease fires in wok kitchens spread faster because the fuel source (oil-heavy smoke) is constant during service.
We work with a lot of South Asian restaurants in Calgary because we understand the grease cycle. Most cleaning companies treat every kitchen the same. We don't.
NFPA 96 Section 11.6.13 requires a dated cleaning certificate posted in your kitchen after every service. It's not optional paperwork — it's the first thing a fire inspector asks to see. No certificate = no proof = failed inspection.
We email before-and-after photos within 24 hours, post a compliance sticker inside your hood, and provide a dated service report. If you need records for insurance or a lease audit, you'll have them.
The grease on your cookline feeds the same fire as the grease in your hood. We also handle commercial kitchen appliance cleaning — fryers, ovens, grills, and ice machines — on the same visit.
This isn't a sales pitch. It's the NFPA 96 frequency table, which Alberta adopted under the National Fire Code – 2023 Alberta Edition:
The actual rule says surfaces must be cleaned before they become “heavily contaminated.” Frequency is the default trigger. If grease builds faster than the minimums, cleaning needs to happen sooner.
Frequency requirements last reviewed September 2026.
Most hood cleaning happens after close or before open. We coordinate around your kitchen hours. Late-night cleaning, early-morning starts, Sunday work — whatever keeps your operation running.
Same-day and next-day service available for Calgary, Airdrie, and surrounding areas. If you need it done this week, we can usually make it happen.
We service all of Calgary — downtown, central, and every quadrant. Calgary is roughly 40 minutes end to end, so the whole city is on our regular routes. Downtown restaurants are a core part of our business.
20 minutes on-site. We check the hood, look up into the plenum, confirm what needs work, and give you a flat-rate quote before we leave. No obligation to book.
If you're preparing for a fire marshal visit, buying or selling a restaurant, or haven't had the system cleaned in a while, the inspection tells you exactly where you stand.
Call or text Iqbal: 587-990-7769
Email: iqbal@northernhood.ca
Service area: Calgary, Airdrie, Chestermere, Okotoks, Cochrane, and surrounding Alberta communities
Insured: $5,000,000 general liability coverage
Experience: 61 commercial kitchens serviced across Calgary
We clean the full system — hood, ducts, and rooftop fan — unless you specifically request hood-only service. Most fire risk comes from grease in the duct and fan housing, so we always recommend the complete job.
Not safely. The exhaust fan needs to be off, and we use degreasers that shouldn't be active around food prep. We schedule around your close time or before you open.
For a typical restaurant hood (under 20 feet), 3–4 hours total including setup and fan work. Larger systems or first-time deep cleans can run longer. We give you a time estimate with the quote.
We offer free second-opinion inspections. If your current provider is doing the full job — including the rooftop fan and documentation — stay with them. If you're not sure, we'll show you what's being missed.
Yes. We handle multi-hood commercial kitchens, hotel kitchens, institutional facilities, and care homes. Pricing scales with system size and access requirements.
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Manpreet Bhullar“Had a great experience with Northern Hood and Exhaust Cleaning. They arrived on time, worked quickly, and left the kitchen spotless. Our range hoods have never looked better. Will definitely use them for all our scheduled maintenance!”
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A Kitu“Northern Hood & Exhaust did an excellent job cleaning our commercial kitchen exhaust system in Calgary. They were professional, responsive, and explained the NFPA 96 compliance process clearly. The hood cleaning was thorough and the before-and-after results were impressive. We’ll definitely use them again for restaurant exhaust cleaning.”
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